What about Match lists?

[VUMD2be]

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Since match lists are a great way to compare and evaluate medical schools, Why aren't these readily available? It seems like schools would want to openly convey this information. Does anyone know if this info is made available come interviews and visits? Specifically interested if any MSUCOM or PCOM students or acceptees wanted to chime in on this...

 

[dr.z]

Some schools say that it is to protect the privacy of students. Although they should be able to creat one without adding student's name on the list.

 

[subtle1epiphany]

This is what I've gotten from my classmates at MSUCOM, it was ultimately provided by Ms. Schafer. Hope it helps.

'Here it is for the Class of 2005 match:

Traditional Rotating Internship: 31
Family Practice 18
Internal Medicine 14
OB/GYN 8
Emergency Medicine 8
Anesthesiology 5
Orthopedics 5
General Surgery 4
Diagnostic Radiology 3
Pediatrics 3
Psychiatry 3
Family Practice/OMM 2
Internal Med/Emergency Med 2
ENT 1
Internal Med/Peds 1
unidentified (military) 1

Ms. Schafer then writes:

"This is the osteopathic match. This distribution is pretty typical. Emergency med is finally falling off in popularity a bit. We usually have 11 or 12 in that specialty. There are usually a one or two derm matches and Radiology is a bit lower in this group. Internal med is growing in popularity. Traditional rotating folks may already have an informal offer from a specialty residency, but not all internships are tracked or emphasis, so we won't know until next year. Of the 125 graduates, 110 participated in the osteopathic match, and 109 matched for a 99% match. The other fifteen students must have received hardship waivers from the AOA to skip the internship and go directly into allopathic residencies." '